ABBA wishes you a happy new year.
I do too.
… Blue Moon!
Some I did blog about. Others are new to me … unless this OldBoeBrain simply forgot! (Could happen.)
I wonder!
Music therapy ‘may help cut tinnitus noise levels’
Individually designed music therapy may help reduce the noise levels experienced by people who suffer from tinnitus, say German researchers.
They altered participants’ favourite music to remove notes which matched the frequency of the ringing in their ears.
After a year of listening to the modified music, individuals reported a drop in the loudness of their tinnitus.
RTWT (& thanks, dear sister, for the link!)
I have a bassoon but I’d like either an English Horn or Oboe, will probably end up with an oboe since there are more of them
Plus, with collection names like Oboe, Bongo, and Maraca, you can’t help but get into the groove. Everything old is new again, and I’m totally down with that — it makes me feel like a youngster!
Who knew that “oboe” would help someone get into the groove, eh?
I read it here, about the WESC headphones that I kind of want merely so I can say my headphones are “oboe”. (But no, I won’t be buying them. Really.)
Of course it’s probably not too cool to be saying “into the groove” and then use the word “youngster” … you know?
Wife looked into getting me an oboe as a b-day gift but even the inexpensive ones were fall-down expensive.
Here is a work from an oboist doing his Eastman recital. I am entirely unfamiliar with the work, Rathbun’s 3 Diversions for 2 Oboes:
Movement I:
Movement II:
Movement III:
The oboist, Kevin Pearl, has posted a number of videos. Check ’em out!
At the college I am going to all they have is an orchestra?
I played on the drumline at my high school, but the college I am going to doesn’t have a marching band, all they have is a symphony orchestra. I HATE playing concert percussion. What instrument do you think I should try to learn for orchestra? I am not trying to make it this year or anything. I am willing to work at it.
